Coming from gospel, contemporary R&B and soul singer Ann Nesby is an American
singer-songwriter born Lula Ann Bennett in Chicago on July 24, 1955. Inspired by
her soul idols (Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Gladys Knight), she followed the
more pop and festive path of Patti LaBelle, whose backing vocals she sang in the
1980s. A five-time Grammy Award nominee since her breakthrough as a member of
the Minneapolis gospel choir The Sounds of Blackness, her audience has grown
steadily. After her solo debut in 1996 with her first album I'm Here for You, a
younger generation discovered he...